QA Analyst III

QA Analyst III

Menlo Park CA

12 months

Overview

As an QA Contractor, you will play a key role in ensuring product quality by executing and improving test processes, collaborating with engineering and QA leads, and supporting the delivery of high-quality features. This role is designed for individuals who can operate independently, contribute to test strategy, and take ownership of execution within defined scopes.

Responsibilities

Typical Day-to-Day in the role

• QA testing of new Whatsapp features/concepts (end-to-end + regression)
• Automation-focused testing and maintaining/expanding automated coverage
• Reviewing/reading code to understand changes and support debugging
• Benchmarking / quality measurement to validate performance and detect regressions
• Using AI agents/tools to speed up bug triage and support bug fixes
• Owning complex test setup independently (reduce dependency on engineers)

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance or a related field.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience writing and executing test cases and test plans.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with dashboarding tools and quality metrics is a plus.
• Comfortable working onsite and engaging directly with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with python, javascript, SQL

Must-Have Skills

• Automation + code reading skills (strong technical QA, can review code and support complex testing)
• Benchmarking/performance testing experience (define and measure quality/regressions independently)
• Comfort using AI agents/tools in QA (for triage, debugging, and accelerating test work)

Nice-to-have Skills

• Trust & Safety / sensitive-content testing exposure
• Experience testing social networking apps (Feeds, creation, interactions)
• Comfort coordinating with offshore teams (flexible hours for India/Mexico collaboration)

Types of Interviews:

• Technical round (automation understanding, code review/reading, "agent"/AI-assisted work)
• QA concepts + behavioral round